Monday, 21 July 2008

To be, or not to be.

Attending Inside Pictures last week was great, but it was all about the business side of the film industry.I found my brain wandering around into forgotten areas where it had not been before, like writing again.I think it's a reaction. The need to do something creative, when you are faced with all that talk of gross profits and demographics.But it's thrown up an odd question. What am I?I know I'm a director. I've got the celluloid evidence to prove it.But a writer? hmmm. thats altogether more tricky.I've written scripts, mostly as a means to an end. But last year I decided to stop writing and concentrate on directing from other people's scripts, so that I can do what I'm best at.Problem is, I miss it. I miss the creation of a new world and new characters and the limitless possibilities it can provide.When you are making a movie, you are tied by budgets and logistics. But when writing such concerns are someone else's!So. After last week, I decided to slip the word 'writer' back into my job title - Dan Turner: Writer/Director.I guess I had better write something now!